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"My son is doing better. He does have second- and third-degree burns, but he is holding up," said Jon Bellis, the victim's father.

Butler County sheriff's investigators said 14-year-old Dylan Bellis' pants were set on fire during a sleepover at the Countryside Mobile Home Park in Liberty Township early Sunday morning.

"Angry doesn't begin to describe what I feel,” Bellis said. "He was sleeping when he got set on fire."

The teen woke up to find his nylon shorts burning.

"It went up both of his legs and when that material gets hot, it melts and got stuck to his skin and everything else," Bellis said.

Investigators arrested a 17-year-old and charged him aggravated arson and felonious assault.

Bellis said the older teen wasn't invited to the sleepover and when he first showed up, he was even asked to leave because he had been bullying the younger boys.

"He showed up earlier. He was picking on (Dylan) and a couple other kids there. He kept on flicking a lighter on him throughout the night. He left at one point in the night. (Dylan’s) not sure when he came back or how he came back," Bellis said.

Bellis said Dylan, who attends Warren County Alternative School, didn't know the 17-year-old. He said he has no idea why his son was targeted.

"When I was growing up, we did the makeup, the shaving cream, things like that during sleepovers. I never would've thought about setting someone afire," Bellis said. "It’s getting crazy."